Chaeles downey lyon



No. 753,598. PATENTED MAR. 1, 1904 0. D. LYON.

RACK.

APPLICATION FILED 00122, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

WITNESSES: IN VENTOI? A non/v5 rs UNITED STATES Patented March 1, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 753,598, dated March 1,1904. Application filed october 22, 1903. Serial No. 178,148. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, CHARLES DOWNEY LYON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented anew and Improved. Rack, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to a rack designed especially for use inprinting-offices to hold the printed sheets whilethey are being dried.The invention is, however, applicable invarious other arts, as will beapparent to skilled mechanics.

The improvements reside in certain novel features of the construction bywhich a rack of large capacity compared to its size and adjustable tohold sheets of any standard dimensions is provided.

This specification is aspecific description of one form of my invention,while the claims are definitions of the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the. views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectionalplan illustrating the adjustable connection between the two parts of therack. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of one section of said connection;Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 L of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is alongitudinal section of the connection between the parts of the rack,said view being taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

The rack is formed of two sections which are essentially duplicates,each comprising a vertical wall a, with open panels therein to permitthorough ventilation, and having on its inner side rabbeted cleats a,which extend horizontally and are arranged to form supports for thedrying-boards, one of which is indicated at Z) in Fig. l. The wall a ofeach section of the rack is provided at its lower end withdiagonally-extending legs 0, one end of the legs d being arranged tobear on the supporting-surface or floor yas shown. This forms not only asuitable support for the sections of the rack, but also the peculiararrangement of. the parts 0 and d braces and strengthens the entirestructure, the two sections of the rack as thus described being placedopposite each other and having each a plurality of the cleats d form asupport for a great numberv of the drying-boards b and support theseboards in such a way that they maiy be individually withdrawn orreplaced at m The two sections of the rack are connected together sothat they may be rigidly joined, but at the same time adjusted at willtoward or from each other. This is effected by the connection best shownin Figs. 2, 3, and 4 and comprising two triangular sections e and f,fastened, respectively, to the rack-sections. The section f has alongitudinally slotted tongue f extending transversely of the rack andlying longitudinally over a corresponding tongue 6' formed on thesection. The

tongue 6 is adapted to run in a suitable guideway f formed in the bottomof the section f, and the tongue f runs between two shoulders e on thesection 6 and forms a guideway therefor. Said tongues e and f areprovided with one or more clampingscrews 9, projected up through theslot in the tongue f and by means of which the two sections e and f ofthe connection may be fas- 1 tened rigidly together in any desiredadjustment.

The use of the rack will be apparent-to persons skilled in the art inconnection with which it may be used. The ready adjustment of the rackenables it to be employed with particular advantage in printing-oflicesdoing bookwork, whereby as each group or mass of printed sheets is takenfrom the press it may be deposited on the rack without interfering withsuch other groups as may have previously been placed thereon.

Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of theinvention may be resorted to at will without departing from the spiritand scope thereof. Hence 'I consider myself entitled to all suchvariations of the invention as may lie within the scope of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A rack comprisingavertical section,adiagonally-disposed leg joined to the bottom thereof at a pointintermediate the ends of said leg, and a second diagonally-disposed'leg,the upper end of which is attached to the rack-section and theintermediate portion of which is engaged with the upper end of the firstleg.

2. A rack comprising two sections, and means for adjustably connectingthem together, said means comprising a member attached to each section,each of said members having a tongue, said tongues overlapping eachother and one member having a guide for the tongue of the other member,and means for clamping the said tongues adjustably together.

3. A rack, comprising two vertically-disposed sections, adiagonally-disposed leg joined to the bottom of each at a pointintermediate the ends of said leg, a second diagonally-disposed leg foreach section, the second legs being attached at their upper ends to therespective sections and at their intermediate portions to the upper endsof the first legs, a connecting member attached to each section, saidmembers having slidablyengaged tongues, and a clamping device Workiing1with the tongues, for the purpose speci- 4. A rack, comprising twosections, and means for adj ustably connecting them together, said meanscomprising a member attached to each section of the rack, and each ofsaid members comprising tongues, the tongues being overlapped and eachmember also having a guide slidably receiving the tongue of the othermember, and means for adjustably holding the tongues together.

In testimony whereof I have signedmy name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES DOWN EY LYON.

Witnesses:

A. W. LYON, TYRIE W. LYON.

